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Akkadian Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene Akkadian Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene Akkadian Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene
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LOT 1282

Akkadian Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene

2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

5/8 in. (7.1 grams, 16 mm).

Haematite with a seated bearded male figure in long robes and cap, hand held up and holding a cup, crescent moon above; to the front a male deity wearing long robes and a horned cap leading a male figure by the hand, male in long robes and hand held to mouth; behind a male figure in long robes and arms crossed over chest, rectangular panel with three columns of cuneiform text. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From an important North London collection formed in the late 1980s.
From a collection acquired from various auction houses in the UK.
From the estate of Mr R.W., a private Wiltshire, UK, collector; thence by descent.

CONDITION
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LOT 1282

Akkadian Cylinder Seal with Presentation Scene

Sold for (Inc. bp): £572

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